Work & commute · St. Stephen

Work & commute in St. Stephen, SC

Most working residents leave St. Stephen for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (13%), Moncks Corner (13%) and Charleston (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 574 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 St. Stephen residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Stephen.

555live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Stephen goes to work

North Charleston34.5 mi away

13%74

Moncks Corner14.3 mi away

13%73

Charleston39.8 mi away

6%33

St. Stephen (in town)right here

3%19

Columbia71.2 mi away

3%17

Goose Creek28.6 mi away

3%16

Summerville31.1 mi away

3%15

Mount Pleasant41.3 mi away

2%14

Greenville171.1 mi away

1%8

St. George40.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%302

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far St. Stephen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

25%

42%

23%

10%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Stephen is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Stephen are

419 jobs are based in St. Stephen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Stephen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Stephen

419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs St. Stephen residents hold

574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in St. Stephen, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 419. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.